Awang Hassan | |
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اواڠ حسن | |
5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang | |
In office 1 May 1981 – 30 April 1989 | |
Chief Minister | Lim Chong Eu |
Preceded by | Sardon Jubir |
Succeeded by | Hamdan Sheikh Tahir |
7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia | |
In office 1973–1980 | |
Monarchs | Abdul Halim Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah |
Preceded by | Fuad Stephens |
Succeeded by | Lim Taik Choon |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Muar Selatan (Parliament suspended 13 May 1969 – 20 February 1971) | |
In office 1963–1974 | |
Preceded by | Suleiman Abdul Rahman |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Muar, Johor, Malaya (now Malaysia) | 9 November 1910
Died | 12 September 1998 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia | (aged 87)
Resting place | Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum |
Spouses | Khadijah Abdul Rahman
(m. 1936; died 1987)Zubaidah Abdul Rahman
(m. 1989) |
Relations | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin (father-in-law) Ismail Abdul Rahman (brother-in-law) Suleiman Abdul Rahman (brother-in-law) Abu Bakar Suleiman (nephew) |
Children | 7 (including Yahya Awang) |
Alma mater | King Edward VII College of Medicine |
Awang bin Hassan (Jawi: اواڠ بن حسن; 9 November 1910 – 12 September 1998)[1] was a Malaysian politician who served as the 5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang from 1981 until his retirement in 1989. He had previously served as the 7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia from 1973 to 1980.